Re: Never enough Pentium 3 builds

Posted on 2016-02-04, 17:47

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Hrm I need to find the HD now, it's not on my current ones. All I did was take the latest beta bios from ASUS (1006 I think) and update the microcode tables for the SL6BY stepping revision. It's not that hard to do. I actually have no idea on how to do that (unless it involves some sort of hex- …

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Re: Win 98/ME USB issue

Posted on 2016-02-04, 17:39

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Could it be possibly something to do with the new USB stick having problems with pre-USB 2.0 ports? If you happen to have an XP rig which still has some USB 1.1 ports to rule out if it's a hardware issue (in this case it won't work in any USB 1.1 port, no matter what OS you use) or a software issue …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-04, 17:30

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Today i picked up from local seller something excited that makes me one step closer to my neo-classic Core project,Gentlemen behold: Never used Asus Silent Knight Al in mint condition,got full set even with stock Asus thermal paste :lol: http://i.imgur.com/SRylEGBl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/eNgDt9al. …

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Re: A7Pro/G450 bios update

Posted on 2016-02-04, 16:05

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Yeah I know, it's a nostalgic mistake calling it simm.. :D Could've been worse...much worse! :dead: One of my former "employers" used to talk about "DDR memory SIMMs", now that is bad lol! He didn't even know the difference between a "Slot" and a "Socket" and thought both were the exact same thing …

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Re: What is memory interleaving?

Posted on 2016-02-04, 08:52

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I do not beleive SiS 496 or UMC 8881 PCI-based chipsets use DRAM interleaving; they use cache interleaving though. Some 386 chipsets use DRAM interleaving, but I forget exactly which. I want to say VLSI Topcat and maybe the SiS Rabbit, but I do not feel like digging through the datasheets. Ehh …

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Re: New retro-PC

Posted on 2016-02-04, 08:49

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Well, I'll receive my new Pentium 150 at the end of this week! :blush: Since I've configured a DOS system a lot of time ago (and I was a kid), I remember practically NOTHING about CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, so I need your help, as a newbie. :sweatdrop: After installing FreeDOS, what will I need …

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Re: A7Pro/G450 bios update

Posted on 2016-02-04, 08:45

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Hope this helps :) Thanks for the info! I actually have two simm one 512MB 16 chips on both side and I added another 16 chip but 256MB both PC133 running at 100Mhz 2-2-2-6 (512MB (SIMM3 far from the cpu) and 256 at the center). I thought that the 1GB limit on a Win"9x" system could be the problem …

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Re: Never enough Pentium 3 builds

Posted on 2016-02-04, 08:37

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You can find a TUV4-X usually for not too much. If you get one, you'll need to flash the bios first though, I have a custom one with the microcode update in it. Shoot me a message if you need it... I *think* I have it archived on this machine. I really need to get that box up and running again, …

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Re: My first Pentium MMX/S3/Voodoo 2/Vibra16 build

Posted on 2016-02-04, 05:44

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It looks like your stickers say "MVP WS", Tetrium... that is indeed another STB model. STB Systems MVP Workstation However, the key part number is the Compaq part number, which normally follows a pattern like: 213456-001 Wow...well spotted! :D Since you mentioned the other 2 cards were HP (or …

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Re: TK8880F/2066A2 Motherboard Manual or Settings

Posted on 2016-02-04, 05:00

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Unfortunately I am not able to find the complete jumper setting of this board. It posts but doesn't boot (find the IDE and Floppy Controller). A wrong jumper setting might be the reason. Can anyone help me? This page does not show all setting unfortunately: http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/ …

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Re: 2d cards

Posted on 2016-02-04, 04:45

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never heard of number9 sounds interesting. I'll look in it. After looking in to it i went with the number 9 card. Hopefully will go well with the voodoo 2 card. Number 9 was afaik a graphics card manufacturer of the old days back when graphics cards were mainly ISA, VLB and PCI and many of their …

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Re: Dos gaming with 233mmx rig?

Posted on 2016-02-04, 04:26

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There is also a p2 233mhz and since it supports mmx it is a 233mmx :lol: You are perfectly correct Meljor lol! However, since no P2 CPUs ever came without MMX the MMX part is usually left out as it makes no difference in loosing important info...well...one 'could' state the Pentium Pro put in one …

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Re: A7Pro/G450 bios update

Posted on 2016-02-04, 04:19

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Hi :) Has the issue been resolved? I googled your motherboard and apparently it's very similar to 2 motherboard models I have somewhat extensive experience with (the A7V and the A7V133). As I was gifted around 8 or 10 or so of these boards (I really should count them lol) from where I used to work …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-02-04, 03:55

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Derped around local flea market and nearby entry found ruined package stuffed with chips,they were stacked one at other,i take only one pair because saw 80 marking at one of em and. it turned into Soviet z80 clone,meet the 80H-CPU PLATAN http://i.imgur.com/MvHGPSul.jpg joy came after i rotate it to …

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Re: What is memory interleaving?

Posted on 2016-02-04, 03:54

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Allright. That is the part I understood. Now: how I can know if a motherboard has this feature? Does it shows in bios features? Or it could be automatically enabled by putting the sticks in the right way? I'd say these depend on the hardware itself. Some boards may do it automatically and some may …

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Re: These all in theory fit the same socket

Posted on 2016-02-04, 03:41

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Necroposting does seem to happen fairly regularly, and someone always gets told off for it. Usually the thread derails a bit while necroposting is discussed, like is happening here. So if everyone dislikes it so much, why not just automatically lock topics once it has been a certain time since the …

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Re: These all in theory fit the same socket

Posted on 2016-02-03, 18:13

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I'm vaguely cranky about 5-year necros still, BTW, Tetrium got in there with his stupid "valid necro" comment before I had a chance to do anything about it. ;) Conversations on the Internet have a longer lifespan than in Real Life, but there's still a point where all participants have dropped out …

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Re: Never enough Pentium 3 builds

Posted on 2016-02-03, 17:54

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Looks very good! :D Especially your first rig, it's quite similar to what I'd build (I'm a bit of a fan of FSP PSUs, especially their earlier ones :P), except I'd put a faster P3 in there (P3-1000 probably) and I'd add a casefan (7-volted fan, as the good rear fan case exhaust should provide good …

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Re: youtube computer hardware repair videos

Posted on 2016-02-03, 14:17

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I'd be somewhat interested in this myself actually. I did once come across some youtube vid which was basically a music video showing how to reflow some PCI-E graphics card or something lol! I'm pretty sure some of these should exist, perhaps search for something about the recapping of motherboard? …

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Re: These all in theory fit the same socket

Posted on 2016-02-03, 14:14

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You mean this memo? :P Yeah, I saw that, just meant more generally. Anyway, one of the Vogons moderators (I think it was Stilleto?) mentioned in another bumped thread it was perfectly fine, provided it was a valid kick and I think this one is fine too (though I wouldn't like to have people kick old …

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